Ariane 6 Deploys Next-Generation European Weather Satellite

Metop SG-A1 launch
Credit: Arianespace
Arianespace has completed the second commercial Ariane 6 flight, deploying the first of Europe’s next-generation polar-orbiting weather satellites and augmenting its Copernicus Earth monitoring system. The Ariane 62 rocket, with two boosters, used for the VA264 mission lifted off from the European...
Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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